The Japan men's national under-21 volleyball team represents Japan in men's under-21 volleyball events, it is controlled and managed by the Japanese Volleyball Association that is a member of Asian volleyball body Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) and the international volleyball body government the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB).
Results FIVB U21 World Championship Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
FIVB U21 World ChampionshipChampionship Information YearRoundPositionSquad 1977 6th place Squad 1981 9th place Squad 1985 10th place Squad 1987 10th place Squad 1989 Final Runners-Up Squad 1991 5th place Squad 1993 7th place Squad 1995 Did not qualify 1997 1999 2001 9th place Squad 2003 Did not qualify 2005 2007 11th place match 11th place 7 3 4 14 16 Squad 2009 Did not qualify 2011 11th place match 12th place 8 4 4 13 18Squad 2013 9th place match 10th place 8 3 5 11 19 Squad 2015 14th place Squad 2017 13th place match 13th place 8 5 3 17 15 Squad 2019 Did not qualify 2021 2023 2025 11th place match 11th place 9 6 3 22 14 SquadTotal 0 Titles 14/23
Asian U20 Championship Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
Asian U20 ChampionshipYearRoundPosition 2010FinalChampions871229 2012FinalChampions880242 20145th place match5th place761184 2016Semifinals4th place8531812 2018Preliminary round13th place541142 2022Preliminary round13th place42296 2024Semifinals3rd place761205Total 3 Titles 21/21
Team Current squad The following is the Japanese roster in the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship.
Head coach: Tokunaga Fumitoshi
No.NameDate of birthHeightWeightSpikeBlock2017 clubKenta Takanashi (c) Nippon Sport Science UniversityTakaki Koyama Osaka Sangyo UniversityYudai Arai Tokai UniversityKenyu Nakamoto Nippon Sport Science UniversityKento Miyaura Waseda UniversityJin Tsuzuki Chuo UniversityTaisei Muraoka Tokyo Gakugei University 10 Alan Kono Aichi Gakuin University 11 Shunichiro Sato Tohoku High School 12 Masaki Kaneko JT Thunders Hiroshima 14 Tomohiro Horie Waseda University 15 Yusuke Makiyama Chuo University
Notable players Masahiro Sekita (2012–2013) Naoya Takano (2012–2013) Yūki Ishikawa (2013–2014) Kentaro Takahashi (2013) Masaki Oya (2014) Taishi Onodera (2015) Issei Otake (2015) Kento Miyaura (2017) Kenta Takanashi (2015–2017)
See also Japan men's national under-19 volleyball team Japan women's national under-20 volleyball team Japan men's national volleyball team
References
External links Official website